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iShares MSCI UAE ETF UAE

Issuer: iShares SEC registrant: iShares Trust Equity · International
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Last price 19.68 USD Change: Up +0.07 Percent change: Up +0.36%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.59%
Prospectus 30 Dec 2025
Net assets
$274.9M
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
60
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
4.32%
Twice a year
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

iShares MSCI UAE ETF (UAE) is an exchange-traded fund listed on the Nasdaq in the United States, issued by iShares. Its category is Equity · International (equity). Its last price was US$19.68 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.59% a year, from its prospectus dated 30 Dec 2025. It reported net assets of US$274.87 million as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 60 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$0.85 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 4.32%, paid twice a year.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.59%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.59%
Prospectus date
30 Dec 2025
Filed with the SEC
19 Dec 2025

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$274,869,504
Total assets
$307,324,829
Holdings as of
31 May 2026
Report made public
27 Jul 2026 (57 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 60 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

UAE top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 FIRST ABU DHABI BANK P.J.S.C. AEN000101016 12.16% $33.4M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
2 EMAAR PROPERTIES (P.J.S.C) AEE000301011 12.05% $33.1M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
3 Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC EMIRATES TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROUP CO PJSC AEE000401019 10.16% $27.9M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
4 EMIRATES NBD BANK (P.J.S.C) AEE000801010 8.42% $23.1M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
5 Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC AEA000801018 4.57% $12.6M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
6 Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC AEA000201011 4.52% $12.4M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
7 ALDAR PROPERTIES PJSC AEA002001013 4.26% $11.7M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
8 Dubai Islamic Bank P.J.S.C. AED000201015 3.72% $10.2M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
9 ADNOC Gas PLC AEE01195A234 3.71% $10.2M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
10 ADNOC DRILLING COMPANY P.J.S.C. ADNOC DRILLING CO PJSC AEA007301012 2.90% $8.0M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
11 Dubai Electricity and Water Authority PJSC DUBAI ELECTRICITY WATER AUTHORITY PJSC AED001801011 2.79% $7.7M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
12 ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY FOR DISTRIBUTION PJSC ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL CO FOR DISTRIBUTION PJSC AEA006101017 2.16% $5.9M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
13 AIR ARABIA PJSC AEA003001012 2.15% $5.9M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
14 ADNOC Logistics & Services PLC AEE01268A239 1.91% $5.2M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
15 SALIK COMPANY P.J.S.C. SALIK CO PJSC AEE01110S227 1.83% $5.0M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
16 Emaar Development PJSC AEE001901017 1.56% $4.3M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
17 DUBAI INVESTMENTS P.J.S.C. AED000601016 1.53% $4.2M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
18 AGILITY GLOBAL PLC AEE01376A248 1.30% $3.6M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
19 Americana Restaurants International PLC AEE01135A222 1.23% $3.4M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
20 Dana Gas PJSC AED000701014 1.13% $3.1M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
21 SHARJAH ISLAMIC BANK PJSC AES000201013 1.08% $3.0M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
22 PARKIN COMPANY P.J.S.C. PARKIN CO PJSC AEE01370P249 1.00% $2.7M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
23 Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation P.J.S.C AEE01134E227 0.78% $2.2M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
24 Abu Dhabi National Hotels Company PJSC AEA000301019 0.76% $2.1M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED
25 Lulu Retail Holdings PLC AEE01487L240 0.76% $2.1M Equity (common) United Arab Emirates AED

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 31 May 2026

All 60 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 98.82%
Other 0.91%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.20%
Equity derivatives 0.04%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United Arab Emirates 99.73%
United States 0.23%
United Kingdom 0.00%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
UAE dirham (AED) 99.73%
US dollar (USD) 0.23%
British pound (GBP) 0.00%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

No sector data

None of this fund's holdings matched a stock listed on this site, so no sector is shown.

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 0.0% of net assets (0% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$0.8510
2 payments per unit
12-month yield
4.32%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Twice a year
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
15 Jun 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($0.8510) ÷ latest price ($19.68) × 100 = 4.32%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (10 payments)
UAE distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
15 Jun 2026$0.6630
16 Dec 2025$0.1880
16 Jun 2025$0.5960
17 Dec 2024$0.0190
11 Jun 2024$0.5280
20 Dec 2023$0.0940
7 Jun 2023$0.3880
13 Dec 2022$0.0320
9 Jun 2022$0.3660
13 Dec 2021$0.2830

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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